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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Malaysia halved the jail sentence on Friday of former premier Najib Razak, who was convicted of graft and money laundering related to the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal, a move expected to raise further questions about Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's commitment to fighting graft. Anwar campaigned on an anti-corruption platform, but joined hands with Najib's graft-tainted party, the United National Malays Organisation (UMNO), to form a government in November 2022, after an election that ended in a hung parliament. The reduction in Najib's sentence comes...

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The reduction of former Malaysia PM Najib Razak’s prison sentence from 12 to six years is a middle ground outcome that appeases the largest factions in Malaysia’s unity government, say analysts.

(Straits Times) - Ordinary Malaysians have expressed shock over the Pardons Board’s decision to halve the jail sentence of former prime minister Najib Razak, with some saying justice in the country has been eroded. The Pardons Board, at a meeting on Jan 29 chaired by the previous King, Sultan Abd

Malaysia halved the jail sentence today of former premier Najib Razak, who was convicted of graft and money laundering related to the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal, a move expected to raise further questions about Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's commitment to fighting graft